OpsRamp vs. Symantec Server Management Suite

PTP selected the OpsRamp platform to replace its legacy IT Operations Management (ITOM) solution, and PTP has now been using the OpsRamp solution for eight years. By implementing OpsRamp’s modern ITOM solution and leveraging the benefits of AIOps to improve service delivery to its clients, PTP can holistically monitor and manage on-premises network and data center infrastructures, as well as cloud resources and virtual firewalls.

Incentivized

The SMP suite is great at what it does, but it can be very complicated to learn how to get it to do what you want. It's a beast! However, when you learn how to the things you want to do, it comes as second nature and you complete them like they're supposed to be done that way. A lot of these things are done to be able to be completed a number of different ways. Take Patch Management, you can deploy patches automatically, via Jobs, or via the "Start Software Update Cycle Now" link in the SMP Agent!

Incentivized

• Infrastructure and application monitoring.
• Infrastructure and application alerting.
• Automated patching.
• ITSM tools.

Incentivized

• Software deployment through policy
• Engage with customers for feedback
• Understands the future needs of customers

• Self Service Portal for cloud deployments.
• Stabilization on existing ticketing systems.
• Cloud resource deployments by integrating OpsRamp with cloud.

Incentivized

• The SMP solution is a beast. Each piece is complicated in itself let alone how everything ties together!
• There is plenty of documentation online on how to perform a specific task, but you need to pay attention to what VERSION the article is written for. I've been halfway through implementing something only to hit a roadblock since I'm running a newer version and the option the article says to click on doesn't exist anymore...

Incentivized

It's a good and user friendly tool.

Incentivized

OpsRamp has been there to support us. They were very helpful during migration and integration to our new ITSM platform.

Incentivized

The decision to use Symantec was not my own but I believe it competes well against other products such as SCCM offering more features.

Pricing is very economical. You pay for monitoring and alerting, but you get a full suite of tools for the same price for free (including, Patching, ITSM, CMDB, and change management) - Good package for cheaper.

Incentivized

Technical support is appreciable. We have dedicated customer relations managers to check and see the improvement of the tool and its flaws. Sometimes, we get to interact with CMO of the organization asking our feedback and suggestions. Not every organization does that.

Incentivized

• 90% alert reduction.
• 70% of manual, routine IT.
• Processes now automated.
• 50% increase in team.
• Efficiency and productivity.

Incentivized

• Being able to report on the majority of things you want all from one interface, makes it really easy to get the results you want.
• Because my employer didn't provide training, it took working with support, reading technical documentation, and just playing around on my own to learn how to do certain things.
• I've had a lot of help from the SMP Support staff and they're great people and very helpful!

Incentivized